Tuesday, 24 July 2012

Artists: Chris Weston

I know Chris "Spaceboy" Wilson from his time way back on 2000AD and I reckon it was love at first sight. There was a vividness to his artwork that smacked my eyes like a kiss and since that first hit I've been a devoted fan and reckon I would read pretty much anything he decided to put his good name to. Plus (good for me!) the sort of stuff he loves to draw intersects perfectly with my own pre-occupations: Superheroes, Lovecraftian monsters (with plenty of teeth and tentacles) and - of course - talking monkeys (naturally). Plus - I've gotta say: I didn't know what he looked like before - but after searching for a photo to put on this entry I've gotta say I was pleasantly surprised to find that he looks just like a character from one of his pictures (something to do with the shape of his head I think).

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Hello. And welcome to the blog of the Islington Comic Forum.

A bunch of interlinked posts about the comics available from Islington libraries (of which it turns out there are a lot) this is an attempt to make some sort of Comics Encyclopedia (with added rambling): something to help you find your way around.

Each bite-sized entry (well - they're mostly bite-sized but sometimes I do get a little bit carried away) contains both my ill-informed attempts to give you some idea of what the book is about (and be warned: I do tend to babble): kinda like a primer - written not to simply regurgitate the story (because: blah) but instead try to give you some idea of the flavour of the thing so you can decide for yourself whether you want to give it a go - and also (which some of you may like better): a selection of related links which will take you to reviews, articles and interviews written by people who - frankly - put more time into this sort of thing than me.

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Disclaimers: Please keep in mind that due to the 200 character limit some titles are incompletely tagged: in such cases Genre wins over Artists (sorry). Also: I don't spend much (or any) time proof-reading so this thing is unfortunately riddled with typos and spelling mistakes (sorry). This is all a work-in-progress and I do tend to go back lots and edit and rewrite stuff so if something seems underwritten now - you should know that at some point I will go back and try and fill it out a little bit more. And yeah - all the brackets and footnotes and stuff: I hope they're not too annoying - speaking honestly: using them is the best way I could find to write what it was I want to say. So yeah.

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